Wheat is milled and processed into flour, also known as wheat flour. Flour is divided into two categories according to the different processing precision and use of different grades of flour and special powder: (1) grade powder: according to the different processing precision can be divided into three categories of special powder, standard powder, ordinary powder; (2) special powder: special powder is the use of special varieties of wheat milled flour; or according to the needs of the purpose of the use of the grades of flour on the basis of the addition of edible whiteners, edible bulking agents, edible flavors, and other ingredients, and mixed evenly The flour is made by mixing well. The variety of special flours, precise formulations and stable quality provide good raw materials for improving labor efficiency and making better quality noodle products.

Flour contains nutrients mainly starch, followed by protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and so on.

Nutritional Analysis

Flour is rich in protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals such as calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, etc. It has the effect of nourishing the heart and kidneys, strengthening the spleen and thick intestines, and removing heat to quench thirst.

Related People

All people can eat it, and it is especially suitable for those who are partial to food.

Preparation guide

1. Baozi, dumplings and wontons are all specialty foods made of flour as the skin and supplemented with various fillings. Baozi has a soft and elastic outer skin with a delicious flavor; dumplings contain almost all the nutrients needed by the human body; wontons have a thin and smooth skin. The three due to the filling, cooking methods are different, the nutrient composition varies greatly, but in general, the overall nutrient composition of the three foods with a reasonable, all belong to the "perfect pyramid of food".

2. The flour that has been stored for a longer period of time is of better quality than the newly milled flour, and there is a saying in the folklore that "wheat should be eaten when it's old and rice should be eaten when it's new"; flour is best eaten in combination with rice.

Therapeutic effects

Wheat is sweet, cool, and enters the heart, spleen and kidney meridians;

nourishes the heart, benefits the kidney, removes heat, and quenches thirst;

The main treatment for dirty agitation, irritable heat, thirst, dysentery, carbuncles, bleeding and burns.

Other Related

The Compendium of Materia Medica: Chenzhi is decocted and drunk in soup to stop deficiency sweating.

"Compendium of Materia Medica Gleanings and Dispensations": wheat flour, tonifying the skin and body of people with deficiency, thick intestines and stomach, and strong qi.

The Materia Medica Again summarizes its functions into four: nourishing the heart, benefiting the kidneys, harmonizing the blood, and strengthening the spleen.

The Compendium of Medical Sciences also summarized its four main uses: removing vexation, stopping bleeding, facilitating urination, and moistening the dryness of the lungs.

Note

1. A French bakery worker found that no matter how old they were, the skin on their hands was neither saggy nor had age spots, because they blended wheat flour every day.

2. Refined white flour lacks dietary fiber and other nutrients, long-term consumption will affect the body's gastrointestinal function and cause malnutrition; the disease of hot and humid people avoid eating noodles.